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Creating a Dialectical Social Science - Concepts, Methods, and Models (Hardcover, 1981 ed.)
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Creating a Dialectical Social Science - Concepts, Methods, and Models (Hardcover, 1981 ed.)
Series: Theory and Decision Library, 25
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The depth, intensity, and long-standing nature of the disagreements
between differing schools of social thought renders more critical
than ever the treatment of dialectical reasoning and its
relationship to the social sciences. The nature of these
disagreements are deeply rooted in fundamentally differing beliefs
regarding, among many things: (1) the nature of man, (2) the role
of theory versus data in constructing social theories, (3) the
place and function of values versus facts in inquiry, etc. It has
become more and more apparent that such fundamental differences
cannot be resolved by surface appeals to rationality or to
consensus. Such for it is precisely the definitions of appeals are
doomed to failure 'rationality' and 'consensus' that are at odds.
That is, different schools not only have different definitions of
rationality and consensus but different notions regarding their
place and function within a total system of inquiry. A dialectical
treatment of conflicts is called for because such conflicts demand
a method which is capable of recognizing first of all how deep they
lie. Secondly, a method is demanded which is capable of
appreciating that the various sides of the conflict fundamentally
depend on one another for their very existence; they depend, in
other words, on one another not 'in spite of' their opposition but
precisely 'because of' it.
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